Today’s post features a couple of images I captured a few years ago in the Everglades National Park (Florida). The Anhinga is a fun bird to watch as it “snakes” through the swamp waters, to find/catch fish. The adult male, as shown in these two photos, are especially colorful in their breeding plumage … I just love the beautiful, turquoise eye patch:
After exiting the water, they typically perch with outstretched wings to dry them off:
Photographic Equipment Used:
- Canon 7D body
- Canon 100-400mm f/4.5 – f/5.6 IS lens
- Handheld, with IS “On”
- ISO 800
- Aperture f/5.6
- Shutter Speed 1/1000 sec. and 1/2500 sec.